BAYSIDE FISH FLOUR CO. v. GENTRY et al. (1936) - Ballotpedia

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BAYSIDE FISH FLOUR CO. v. GENTRY et al.

Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: February 12, 1936
Decided: March 2, 1936
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

BAYSIDE FISH FLOUR CO. v. GENTRY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1936. The case was argued before the court on February 12, 1936.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: California
Citation: 297 U.S. 422
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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